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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7519

20 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Imran Benson questions the ability of arbitrations to provide access to justice

Weavering Capital (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Peterson and others [2012] EWHC 1480 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 46 (Jun)

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC v Highland Financial Partners LP and others [2012] EWHC 1278 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 41 (Jun)

CGIS City Plaza Shares 1 Ltd and another company v Britel Fund Trustees Ltd [2012] EWHC 1594 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 62 (Jun)

Temple Island Collections Ltd v New English Teas Ltd and another [2012] EWPCC 1, [2012]
All ER (D) 49 (Jun)

Unilever plc v SC Johnson & Son Inc [2012] EWPCC 19, [2012] All ER (D) 75 (Jun)

Ibrahim v Barclays Bank plc and another [2012] EWCA Civ 640, [2012] All ER (D) 25 (Jun)

Re B (a child) (care proceedings: application for joinder) [2012] EWCA Civ 737, [2012] All ER (D) 26 (Jun)

Geoffrey Bindman QC recalls UK immigration in the 1960s

DWF has invested in its employment and pensions team, with the hire of Mark Hammerton from Eversheds, who joins as partner.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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